5 BORUSSIA MÖNCHENGLADBACH 7-1 INTERNAZIONALE 20 October 1971, Bökelberg, Mönchengladbach, European Cup second round, first leg B.M.G.: Kleff – Vogts, L.Müller, Sieloff, Bleidick – Bonhof, Netzer (83 Wittkamp), Kulik – Wimmer, Heynckes, Le Fevre Inter: Vieri (46 Bordon) – Oriali, Giubertoni, Burgnich, Facchetti – Fabbian, Bedin, A.Mazzola, Corso – Boninsegna (28 Ghio), Jair A game not counted by UEFA due to a can thrown at Boninsegna by a Gladbach fan. If it had counted, it would have gone down as one of the greatest examples of offensive football crushing defensive football. Arguably the greatest performance by a German club side in a European game. The brilliant Günter Netzer at the peak of his powers in command of a magnificently brilliant Mönchengladbach side. What a great game a European Cup final between Cruyff’s Ajax Amsterdam and Netzer’s Mönchengladbach could have been, but instead the catenaccio masters of Internazionale made it to the 1972 European Cup final where they were without a chance against Ajax. Mönchengladbach would have been a far more worthy opponent for Ajax and I’m pretty sure the two sides could have produced one of the finest spectacles of offensive football in the history of the sport. Too bad they never met. 4 FC SCHALKE 6-6 (a.e.t.) BAYERN MUNICH 2 May 1984, Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, German Cup semi final S.04: Junghans – Kruse, Dietz, M.Jakobs, Schipper – Opitz (106 Berge), Dierssen, Thon, Abramczik (73 Clute-Simon) – Stichler, K.Täuber Bayern: Pfaff – Beierlorzer, Augenthaler, Grobe (109 Kraus), Pflügler – Dürnberger (77 D.Hoeness), Lerby, Mathy, Nachtweih – K.H.Rummenigge, M.Rummenigge FC Schalke 04 was a second division side at the time of this legendary game. This game made young Olaf Thon an overnight sensation. This boy had just celebrated his 18th birthday the night before and would be the big star of this game, scoring not one, not two, but three goals against the overwhelming favorites from Munich. Just check the goal sequence to see what a brilliant match this was to be at: 0-1 K.H.Rummenigge 3 0-2 Mathy 12 1-2 Kruse 13 2-2 Thon 19 2-3 M.Rummenigge 20 3-3 Thon 61 4-3 Stichler 72 4-4 M.Rummenigge 80 4-5 D.Hoeness 112 5-5 Dietz 115 5-6 D.Hoeness 118 6-6 Thon 120 What an utterly amazing game this was in front of 70,000 boiling spectators (it is available on tape for anyone interested). The tie had to be repeated, this time in Munich, Bayern won 3-2.
When you beat a team with those stars playing against you, you must have a really special side. BM had a special team. Who's got the Bayern-Schalke match? I might not get it now but maybe sometime in the future.
3 ITALY 4-3 (a.e.t.) WEST GERMANY 17 June 1970, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, World Cup semi final Ita: Albertosi – Burgnich, Cera, Rosato (91 Poletti), Bertini, Facchetti – Domenghini, de Sisti, A.Mazzola (46 Rivera) – Boninsegna, Riva Ger: Maier – Vogts, Schnellinger, Schulz, Patzke (66 Held) – Seeler, Beckenbauer, Overath – Grabowski, G.Müller, Löhr (52 Libuda) I assume most everyone checking out this thread has seen this game anyway, so no need for me write anything.
The Schalke-Bayern match, I'm not sure but maybe www.rpvc.com has it (it's not listed on his website, though). These guys definitely have it: www.raresoccervideos.com www.pastfoot.it http://www.soccer-videos.tk/
While this LAST substitution for Germany was goin on, Beckenbauer was still lying on the pitch after he got fouled close to the Italian box nobody checking on der Kaiser (it was typical back not to give too much attention who were down, even if were your teammates! ). Anyway, Franz himself might have not known until the rest of the 2nd half had ended and got it checked in the locker room during the breakfor the 1st Extra-time. Footy history might have missed to witness a player with an armband (which "striped" Beckenauer's number 4).
2 LIVERPOOL FC 3-3 (a.e.t.) AC MILAN 25 May 2005, Atatürk Stadium, Istanbul, Champions League Final LFC: Dudek – Finnan (46 Hamann), Traore, Hyypiä, Carragher – Riise, Gerrard, Luis Garcia, Xabi Alonso – Kewell (23 Smicer), Baros (85 Cissé) Milan: Dida – Cafú, Stam, Nesta, Maldini – Seedorf (85 Serginho), Gattuso (112 Rui Costa), Pirlo, Kaká – Shevchenko, Crespo (85 Tomasson) Still fresh in everyone’s memory I guess?
Hmmm.. Are they really going to pick the final Brazil v Italy 4-1 of WC '70 as best match? It seems so when looking at big matches missing.
I would hope not. That game was a bit lob-sided, no? Not exactly dramatic, and technically there were better performances by that team, never mind in the history of the game
yeah, i think that game was already mentioned in the top 25. i have a feeling it might be an Ajax game, just a feeling
Agreed. Except Holland 2 Czech Republic 3. Absolutely fantastic. My immediate riposte to any American who says "soccer is boring."
1 BAYER UERDINGEN 7-3 DYNAMO DRESDEN 19 March 1986, Grotenburg Kampfbahn, Krefeld, Cup Winners' Cup quarterfinal, second leg Uerd.: Vollack - Herget - Dämgen, W Funkel - Buttgereit, Bommer, Feilzer, F Funkel, Raschid (52 Klinger) - Gudmundsson (72 Loontiens), Schäfer Dynamo: Jakubowski (46 Ramme) - Dörner - Trautmann, Doschner - Minge, Häfner, Stubner, M Sammer (28 Gütschow), Pilz - Kirsten, Lippmann So here it is, the number one game of all time, according to "11 Freunde". Bayer Uerdingen won the German Cup in a 1985 upset against Bayern Munich. Here they were facing East German Cup winners Dynamo Dresden. Uerdingen had lost the first leg 0-2 at Dresden. At half-time of the second leg, Dynamo was up 3-1, or 5-1 on aggregate. Uerdingen now only needed to score five goals in the second 45 minutes to advance to the semi final. There were no signs early in the second half that such a miracle was about to happen. After one hour, the aggr. score was still 1-5. But then Bayer Uerdingen exploded. What followed were the greatest 30 minutes of all time? Maybe! 0-1 Minge 1 1-1 W Funkel 13 1-2 Lippmann 36 1-3 Bommer 41 own goal 2-3 W Funkel 58 penalty 3-3 Minge 62 own goal 4-3 Schäfer 66 5-3 Klinger 78 6-3 W Funkel 81 penalty 7-3 Schäfer 86
I might be getting this match on a trade so I'm very happy it's so highly rated! Again congratulations for this thread, it was top notch!
Sounds like a great game but you can clearly tell that this was a match with a German flavour. It was East vs West and then there was another one of those German comebacks. Maybe this thread was a coaches' guide to playing comeback football and also a players guide in scoring a goal for your team, then one for the opposition. Dresden had some quality players in Ulf Kirsten and Matthias Sammer but was Hans-Jürgen Dörner the sweeper?
I don't know about you guys, but I would pick as my favourite basically the only match on 11 Freunde's top ten list which doesn't include German teams or a hockey result - Italy v Brazil (3-2) of WC '82. This match was so pulsating throughout the full ninety and it must have been unbearable for Italians and Brazilians to watch it. Especially the second half is very eventful. An end to end game between two superpowers representing two different styles, two different continents and with all their best players in their prime age (apart from Zoff may be, but he was still outstanding on the day). "The best attacking team in the world" versus "the best defensive team in the world". There was no such thing as a draw in this game because Brazil would progress if that was the case. Italy had to win so therefore the game would never at any stage stall since one team always had to chase another goal to avoid defeat. The order of the goals meant that the semifinal ticket switched no less than five times between the teams during the game. How often do we see that? This game is a celebration of football. Apparantly the Brazilians were treated with a great reception when returning home. How often do Brazilian World Cup teams experience that when being knocked out before the semifinals? A special game of football for sure.
France-Brazil 86 is my all-time favourite, because of the unbelievable pace at which it was played and the moments of pure drama in E.T. and at the PKs... But i've just received Uerdingen-Dresden and I can't wait to see this one as well!
hmmm...shall we be seeing Uerdingen-Dresen at a certain someplace under the title of Game of the Century Part 3 !?
Well, as I was born near there (my aunt was living in Thale back then) I have to comment here . Actually, Thale had arround 20.000 inhabitants then, so while not big it wasn't exactly a village either. Also, the club had just been promoted to the first division before the final, where they would stay in for four seasons.